[ Chongyun is surprised at the hand on his shoulder, but instantly relaxes when he recognizes who the voice belongs to. Which is exactly the opposite of the youkai's experience; when he recognizes Matoba's pin and who it is from the rumors swirling around the various business chains, he pales. A reaction Chongyun notices, but of course his assumption is wrong: Matoba is a master exorcist, so naturally the youkai would be alarmed by his presence.
The young exorcist blinks at the note that Matoba dangles in front of the conman. No, he can't possibly ask for Matoba to invest so much in information he's trying to gather. ]
Master Matoba. [ he nods his head in proper greeting first, ] I don't want to trouble you, but perhaps this man's information would be helpful to you as well. He promises that he knows about the suspicious man everyone has been looking for.
[ Which only adds to the youkai's pallor, but ... he's in it this deep and he thinks himself a pretty clever conman, even if he hadn't been trying hard to fool the kid out of all of his cash. So, after a minute of opening and closing his hand, the youkai finally bites the bullet and reaches out to take the money from Matoba. Greed wins. He boldly claims, Yeah, yeah, I'll make a deal, I'm good for it. I know all about him, and saw him go left like I said...
Noticeably, he's also still clutching half of Chongyun's money. He didn't get his paws on the purse because of Matoba's interference, but he did grub some before the man stepped in. ]
no subject
[ Chongyun is surprised at the hand on his shoulder, but instantly relaxes when he recognizes who the voice belongs to. Which is exactly the opposite of the youkai's experience; when he recognizes Matoba's pin and who it is from the rumors swirling around the various business chains, he pales. A reaction Chongyun notices, but of course his assumption is wrong: Matoba is a master exorcist, so naturally the youkai would be alarmed by his presence.
The young exorcist blinks at the note that Matoba dangles in front of the conman. No, he can't possibly ask for Matoba to invest so much in information he's trying to gather. ]
Master Matoba. [ he nods his head in proper greeting first, ] I don't want to trouble you, but perhaps this man's information would be helpful to you as well. He promises that he knows about the suspicious man everyone has been looking for.
[ Which only adds to the youkai's pallor, but ... he's in it this deep and he thinks himself a pretty clever conman, even if he hadn't been trying hard to fool the kid out of all of his cash. So, after a minute of opening and closing his hand, the youkai finally bites the bullet and reaches out to take the money from Matoba. Greed wins. He boldly claims, Yeah, yeah, I'll make a deal, I'm good for it. I know all about him, and saw him go left like I said...
Noticeably, he's also still clutching half of Chongyun's money. He didn't get his paws on the purse because of Matoba's interference, but he did grub some before the man stepped in. ]